Would you pay taxes for Netflix, Spotify, Cabify or Uber? Taxi drivers from Quito protest against the Uber and Cabify platforms

Taxi drivers from Quito protest against the Uber and Cabify platforms Uber, the application of transport vehicles with driver using mobile technology, expressed its willingness to dialogue with the government of Ecuador.

The Deputy Minister of Finance, Fabián Carrillo, has announced that the government analyzes taxing digital services such as Netflix, Spotify, Uber and Cabify, within the tax reform scheduled for the last quarter of 2019.

“At Uber we are open to comply with the regulations of the countries where the application is available and to contribute to local economies in accordance with the tax provisions that apply,” they said in a statement.

They expressed their interest in this proposal, for which reason they expect the government to convene them to discuss the scope of the measure and, “in this way, consolidate the expected regulation of private transportation service intermediated by platforms, as an alternative for mobility and entrepreneurship. thousands of Ecuadorians. “

The federated taxi drivers of Ecuador have repeatedly expressed their discomfort with the operation of alternative taxi platforms such as Uber